As the number of broadcast, cable and online TV networks continues to increase, the need for original television movies has never been greater. Lynn Grant Beck explains how writing a TV movie can help you break in.

Eric Haywood began his career as a music video director, helming videos featuring such artists as Usher, Cee-Lo Green, and Tupac Shakur. He then turned his focus to writing, and moved to Los Angeles, where he landed jobs as a writer on all five seasons of Showtime's Soul Food: The Series,...